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A LAWYER for two men sentenced to death for the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student could lose his license for remarks that “reek of misogyny,” a regulatory body said yesterday.
A.P. Singh, the counsel for Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma, has angered the Bar Council of Delhi with his outbursts after death sentences were passed on Friday on four men for the assault on the 23-year-old woman in New Delhi last year.
Singh told a section of the local media that he would have “burned my daughter alive” if she was having “premarital sex and moving around at night with her boyfriend.”
He was apparently referring to the victim, who died of grievous internal injuries after being lured on to the private bus by a gang of six following a cinema trip with her male companion on December 16.
The only allegations against the character of the victim have been made by some of the defense lawyers, who have produced no evidence.
The Bar Council said Singh’s comments amounted to “professional misconduct,” and it would consider canceling his license at a meeting tomorrow.
“How can he say anything like this? His comments reek of misogyny,” Surya Prakash Khatri, chairman of the council, said.
“We can go to any extent. We can cancel his practice permit,” he added.
Singh could also face a separate “contempt suit” for questioning the death sentence and shouting at the judge inside the courtroom, Khatri said.
“This is injustice! This is not a victory of truth. You have acted under political pressure,” Singh shouted after the sentence was read out.
Khatri said Singh must explain on what basis he made the “damaging allegations” against the judge.
The Hindustan Times yesterday quoted Singh as saying he stood by his remarks.
“I stand by all my statements made inside and outside the court. I will not apologize. Let the notices come, I will file my reply,” he told the newspaper.
Singh and the lawyers for other convicts have said they would appeal the convictions in the Delhi High Court.
The December attack sparked widespread anger at the treatment of women in India.
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